diff --git a/dev/lang/python/python.sysconf b/dev/lang/python/python.sysconf
index 44176779..0a560be0 100644
--- a/dev/lang/python/python.sysconf
+++ b/dev/lang/python/python.sysconf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ ! -L /usr/bin/python ] ; then
     maxver=$(ls /usr/lib64 | grep "python3.[0-9]*" | sort | tail -n 1)
-    pydefault ${manver:6}
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+    pydefault ${maxver:6}
+fi